This conference aims to bring scholars of literature and law into aninterdisciplinary setting to share the fruits of their research andscholarship. The conference celebrates the restoration of John Jayâ€™sEnglish major with its unique literature and law emphasis.

Each arrival presupposes a departure. Who ever sets out on a journeyseeks to re-enact the sacredness, the enthusing power, of the places ofhis/her arrival, be it profane or religious. In order to capture such anexperience, in order to live through the moment of arrival as ameaningful caesura, as a moment of exception, a moment of relief from thetime-bound conditions of regular life, preparation is necessary.

The Center for Biographical Research and the International Auto/BiographyAssociation invite scholars from around the world to attend the sixthIABA conference, which will be held at the East-West Center, next to thecampus of the University of Hawai'i at Manoa, in Honolulu.

The National Coalition of Independent Scholars will hold its 2008 BiennialConference from October 24-26, 2008, at the Graduate Theological Union inBerkeley, California. We welcome participation by all scholars whoseresearch is not supported by employment in an academic or researchinstitution; this includes adjunct faculty and graduate students.Presenters need not be members of NCIS.The Program Committee invites proposals for individual papers, formalsessions, and short panel discussions for either the practical track, onindependent scholarship itself; or the scholarly track, focusing onpresentersâ€™ individual research and findings.